Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
I think the last one was too big. We lived in Miami, and I had 2 car garage space and built an N scale folded dogbone, my 4th layout. I had allot of prep for the space; wall unit AC, wiring for extra outlets, insulating the garage door, sealing the floors, painting the walls, track lighting, attic blanket, work lights.....phew! Then I started on the 38" benchwork...3" laminated extruded foam. Scale 200' mountain range, mainline, highline, branch line, helper yard, interchange....got it running for the NMRA tour, then began to notice the amount of track cleaning it took despite AC and covering when not in use. It was a club size layout for a club of one. Too big! and now to be honest, I am thinking about getting out of the hobby. You see we moved to Cape Canaveral, and now with even a larger space, I just can't seem to excited about a layout. For the last two months of the old layout, the best I could do was clean the mainline for some loop running. Finally, when we moved there was not room on the truck for the layout modules, so after stripping them, they were demolished, that hurt. Moral, decide if you can maintain it alone, if not......it's too big!
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag

Update Reply

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Model Railroader Newsletter See all

Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!